Rhino
02-13-2006, 09:23 AM
Yahoo Accused of Selling Out Chinese Dissident
Friday, February 10, 2006
Associated Press
BEIJING — Yahoo Inc. provided Chinese authorities with information about one of its users that was used to jail the man for eight years, an activist group said Thursday. It was the second time Yahoo was accused of helping authorities jail a Chinese user.
Yahoo's Hong Kong unit provided information about Li Zhi, a man from southwestern China who was sentenced to prison in 2003 on subversion charges after posting comments online criticizing official corruption, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said.
A Yahoo spokeswoman, Mary Osako, said the company didn't know of the case and couldn't comment on whether the Reporters Without Borders account was accurate................http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184337,00.html
Friday, February 10, 2006
Associated Press
BEIJING — Yahoo Inc. provided Chinese authorities with information about one of its users that was used to jail the man for eight years, an activist group said Thursday. It was the second time Yahoo was accused of helping authorities jail a Chinese user.
Yahoo's Hong Kong unit provided information about Li Zhi, a man from southwestern China who was sentenced to prison in 2003 on subversion charges after posting comments online criticizing official corruption, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said.
A Yahoo spokeswoman, Mary Osako, said the company didn't know of the case and couldn't comment on whether the Reporters Without Borders account was accurate................http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,184337,00.html